Mirabilis

mirabilis

(mɪˈræbɪˌlɪs) n (Plants) any of various nyctaginaceous perennial herbs of the genus Mirabilis, which are native to tropical America

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Mirabilis - four o'clocks genus Mirabiliscaryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowersAllioniaceae, family Allioniaceae, family Nyctaginaceae, four-o'clock family, Nyctaginaceae - a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllalesumbrellawort - a plant of the genus Mirabilisfour o'clock - any of several plants of the genus Mirabilis having flowers that open in late afternoonCalifornia four o'clock, Mirabilis californica, Mirabilis laevis - California four o'clock with purple-red flowers

Mirabilis

a genus of generally perennial herbaceous plants of the family Nyctagynaceae. The roots are often thickened. The leaves are opposite and entire. The regular flowers are bisexual and grow in many-flowered inflorescences. The corolla is purple, white, or yellow and consists of five (sometimes three to seven) long, fused bracts. After the plant blossoms, the bracts greatly increase in size and surround the fruit. Each flower (less commonly, only some of the flowers) has a calyxlike involucre.

There are 60 species, distributed from central North America to Chile. Of the many decorative species, the best known is the four-o’clock (Mirabilis jalapa), whose garden forms have variously colored, variegated flowers. Four-o’clocks open toward evening and remain fully open until morning; in cloudy weather they are open during the day as well.

Mirabilis

Related to Mirabilis: Mirabilis multiflora, annus mirabilis, Welwitschia mirabilis, Proteus mirabilis

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Synonyms for Mirabilis

noun four o'clocks

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genus Mirabilis

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caryophylloid dicot genus
Allioniaceae
family Allioniaceae
family Nyctaginaceae
four-o'clock family
Nyctaginaceae
umbrellawort
four o'clock
California four o'clock
Mirabilis californica
Mirabilis laevis